pencil-thin vs sly

pencil-thin

adj
  • Somewhat cylindrical and slender like a pencil; also, tall and thin. 

sly

adj
  • Light or delicate; slight; thin. 

  • Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle 

  • Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily. 

  • Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice 

adv
  • Slyly. 

How often have the words pencil-thin and sly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )